Appeal No. 2000-1983
Application No. 08/990,038
wherein said velocity of said main body air vortex is also
selected to enable said main body air vortex to urge said thin
liquid film and said film-stripped part of said target material
to flow to said liquid outlet means.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Hibshman 2,847,083 Aug. 12, 1958
Grantham 4,015,957 Apr. 05, 1977
Claims 1, 9, 28 and 31 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as
unpatentable over Grantham in view of Hibshman.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
It is the examiner’s position that Grantham teaches a
particulate extractor for an air stream, including a main,
fiberglass, body 24 with air and liquid inlet and outlet means,
with the liquid being recycled. However, because the reference
does not refer to a “thin liquid film,” on the surface that
provides for stripping, the examiner turns to Hibshman for a
suggestion, at column 3, lines 5-10, “that a cyclone wall results
in liquid forming on the cyclone wall, necessarily leading to
stripping” [Final rejection-Paper No. 13-page 2].
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